Timetables

Charing Cross and Waterloo East closure Engineering timetables – valid from Monday 27 July to Friday 14 August

0652 Maidstone East – Blackfriars, calling at Barming, East Malling, West Malling, Borough Green & Wrotham, Otford, Swanley, St Mary Cray, Bromley South and Elephant & Castle
0730 Gillingham – Blackfriars, calling at Chatham, Rochester, Meopham, Longfield, Swanley, Bromley South and Elephant & Castle

1710 Blackfriars – Rochester
1744 Blackfriars – Maidstone East (Services will be formed of 8 car Class 377 Electrostars.)

Additional shoulder-peak trains provide a half-hourly afternoon service between 15:30 and 20:30
Including 1559 & 1959 Charing Cross – Maidstone East, and 1644 & 1844 Maidstone East – Charing Cross

1028 Ashford – Victoria
0925 & 1025 Victoria – Ashford
Updated stopping patterns increase frequency at key stations, including St Mary Cray, East Malling, Barming, and Kemsing, providing:
- 3 trains per hour at St Mary Cray
- 2 trains per hour at East Malling and Barming
- A consistent hourly service at Kemsing

Additional Canterbury West – St Pancras services at 0954 & 1054, attaching to existing Ramsgate services at Ashford
1604 St Pancras – Dover lengthened to 12 carriages as far as Ashford

Highspeed strengthened to half-hourly at the busiest times with additional services between St Pancras and Faversham
0832, 1032 & 1132 Faversham to St Pancras
0950, 1150 & 1250 St Pancras to Faversham
1532 & 1732 Faversham to St Pancras
1650 & 1850 St Pancras to Faversham

Additional services between Victoria and Dover/Ramsgate, calling at Whitstable, Herne Bay, Margate and Broadstairs
Strengthening of trains to 12-car formations on North Kent coast routes at peak leisure times
Two direct Cannon Street – Ramsgate services on Saturdays via Greenwich and Dartford
Extra Victoria – Ramsgate trains on Sundays
Direct weekday school summer holiday services from Cannon Street to the coast via Greenwich and Dartford

December timetable changes

In December, Southeastern will deliver one of the biggest improvements to Metro services in years – subject to final industry planning and approvals.

From Sunday 13th December, Southeastern will offer:

A ‘turn up and go’ minimum of 4 trains per hour across all Metro routes on Monday to Saturday (except Bromley North), with more frequent services on some lines
All day, half-hourly Greenwich and Sidcup line rounders Monday to Saturday – offering an all-day direct link from the Sidcup Line to Abbey Wood for the Elizabeth line
Two trains per hour all day, seven days per week, between Charing Cross and the Bexleyheath line, improving the current service level of one train per hour off-peak and Saturday
Orpington to Victoria services (via Herne Hill) increased from 2 to 4 tph on Saturdays
Cannon Street services from the Bexleyheath line are redirected to Charing Cross on Sundays in response to customer demand
More trains on Sundays with the introduction of an hourly Charing Cross to Maidstone East service and 2 trains an hour on the Bromley North branch for the first time in many years
An increase in services on the Sheerness branch, providing two trains per hour all day, seven days per week

Journey planners for these services will be updated in September.